Marian
6.4
Told via flashback, this raw, emotional drama chronicles the events that led a 22-year-old Czech Gypsy to prison. Marian was born to an alcoholic father and a terrible mother. As a result he is sent to a government orphanage where he is labelled a problem child for his inability to speak Czech. Life in the orphanage is devoid of love and offers only minimal physical comforts. Sometimes life there is brutal. His one bright spot was the time he first spent with a kindly and encouraging teacher who inspired in him hope for a better future. One day something goes wrong and the teacher is forced to punish Marian who retaliates by stabbing her. Marian is a teen by the time he is released from a juvenile reformatory. He falls in love for the first time, but because it is a foreign emotion, he doesn't know how to deal with it. By this time, the cruelty that has marked his life in institutions seems to have fated him to be a criminal and for Marian there can be no turning back.
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Cast
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Štefan Ferko
Marian (younger)
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Milan Cifra
Marian (older)
Also in
The Way Out
Skokan
Jaroslava Vysloužilová
Also in
Infidelity, Slovak Style
Advokát ex offo
Radek Holub
Known for
Little Otik
Ludmila Kroková
Tereza Groszmannová
Also in
Vesna Goes Fast
Interview with the Vampire
Jarek Mizer
Marian (youngest)
No other roles listed
Jaroslav Dufek
Also in
Slovácko sa nesúdí
Konec dětských lásek
Petr Václav Director · Jan Šikl Screenplay Jiří Václav Composer
United States release May 8, 1998 · Produced in Czechia, France · Production Česká televize, Tosara Film
Production
Czech International Films
Production
Česká televize
Production
Tosara Film
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Krátký film Praha
Production
Artcam International
Production
Les Films de L'Observatoire
Production
Czechia · France
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Languages
Original language
Czech
Spoken on screen
Czech
Release dates
Czechia · November 14, 1996
Theatrical
United States · May 8, 1998
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